Excellence and Virtue of Visiting abu al-Hassan, al-Rida, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ali ibn Mahziyar who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far عليه السلام, saying, ’I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, Is visiting al-Rida عليه السلام, more virtuous or that of abu ‘ Abd Allah, al-Husayn عليه السلام, more virtuous?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘Visiting my father is more virtuous; all people visit abu ‘Abd Allah, al-Husayn عليه السلام, but only very special people of our followers visit my father.”’